Game toy



July 14, l9 36w R- PAUL r AL 2,047,744

. GAME TOY Filed June 15, 1933 INVENTO RS:

Leon R Paul; Samuel EWz'i'Z;

TORNEY- Patented July 14, 1936 PATENT. OFFICE GAME TOY Leon R. Paul,Brooklyn, and Samuel E. Witt, New York, N. Y., assignors of one-third toIgnalius Jaworski, New York, NY.

Application June 15, 1933, Serial No. 675,942

13 Claims. 7 ((31.273-97) The present invention relates to a game toyand has for its principal feature the provision, with a tethered balland bat, of means for indicating certain of the strokes of a ballagainst the bat, as

a scoring means for the game;

A' further feature is in' the provision of an alarm means associatedwith the score indicating means whereby theoperation of the scoreindicator will beaudibly indicated each time a score indicator "isstruck by the ball. If, inplay, no indicator is struck, no hit is madeand no alarm is sounded.

These and other features will be apprehended as the herein descriptionproceeds and it is obvious that modifications may be made in the hereinconstruction without departing from the spirit thereof or the scope ofthe appended claims.

' In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a front view of the device, in elevation;

' Fig. 2 is "a partial sectional view taken 'on the line 2-2; Fig.l,looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 3 is a fragmental rearview of the devic showing the alarm and scoring indicators;

arrows and Fig. 6 is an "enlarged fragmentary section taken on line 6-6;Fig. 5, looking in the direction of the arrows. i

The toy comprises a bat having a flat, wide k face I, and a handle I,and is preferably made of Wood. At its center it is bored and this/boreis countersunk as'at I2 on its front face. The counter bore I2' seats atriangular eyed screw head I I therein vvhich has a threaded shank por-H tion' I2 extending to beyond the rear face of the batface I; Fig. 2.The shank portion I2, mounts a flanged spacer I3 thereonan-d an alarmbell 3, having an internal threaded boss is screwed on the threaded endof the shank I2 and thereby'locks the assembly 3 to the center of thebat I. The bell is thus held, in operative position, spaced away fromthe rear face of the bat I. 1' A flexible cord I4, preferably of rubber,is tied to" the triangular eye II, as in Fig. l, and to the other end ofthe cord I4 is afiixed a rubber ball I5. At predetermined spaces aroundthe center of the bat I are' mounted a plurality of impact buttonshaving mushroom-like heads 2 affixed to shanks 8f These buttons aremounted by their shanks 8 for reciprocation in the bat face I, the

said shanks 8 extending through and beyond the rear face of the bat I,as in Figs. 2 and 5.

As in Fig. 5, a coiled spring 9 is supported on button shank 8 with oneend against the inner face of button head 2 and its other end rests in aseat formed by a recess in the front of the bat face I. The rear end ofthe shank 8 has a pressed on stop washer I to hold the button 2 inoperative position in a spaced away position from the bat face I. 10

As in Figs. 2 to 5 inclusive, there is located, on the rear face of thebat I, and in operative relationship with each rear end of the buttonshanks 8, a spring actuated score indicating means generally denoted byID, and comprising a back plate H, which is affixed to the rear face ofbat I, by screws I8--I8, the upper end of said plate being provided withcurledloops H to support a pintle I9, which in turn pivotally supports afront cover plate I6 by means of curled loops H, Figs. 4 and 5. Thecover plate It has, at its lower end, an offset extension I6 which lies,when in normal closing position in abutting contact with the rear end ofthe button shank B.

A coiled spring I9 is mounted on the pintle I9, between the associatedcurled hinge loops I-I-'H, with their opposing flat ends a--'b, Fig. 3pressing against the opposed inside faces of the members I6 and I1, thusto cause the member It to spring away when the shank 8 pushes onextension I 6 of plate I6. 7

The back plates I! have score indicating numbers thereon, such as N,Fig. 3, each plate having a different score, as shown dotted on theother plates. The back plates H are each provided with opposed,upstanding spring clips -20, at each side, as in Fig. 6, thereby to formholding clips, for holding the spring actuated cover plate I6 in closedoperative position over the score indicating numerals N. These coverplates are manually closed between each scoring play.

Each button shank 8, has located onits rear end I, between the flange Iand the abutting extension I6 of plates I6, a loosely mounted springwire loop formed on one end of a wire arm 5 which at its mid distance iscurled into a complete loop 5, to form a pivot loop, which is pivotallysupported on the rear face of the bat I, by a double pointed U shapedtack 6, Fig. 2, the lower end of the spring arm 5 being located behindthe rim of the bell 3, and mounting a clapper head 4, which is spacedaway slightly from the bell rim.

In operation, the handle I is grasped by the player, the elasticallytetheredball I5 is brought upwardly by a backward motion of the bat, bythe player, and is struck with considerable force in a forwardpropelling direction. If, at the moment of impact, the ball contactswith one of the plunger buttons 2, this action drives the plungerinwardly, releases the cover plate I6, which springs upwardly, exposingits associated score. As the plunger button is quickly returned to itsnormal forward position under the influence of spring 9, this causes theclapper 4 to jump forward with a snap, to strike the bell and audiblyindicate that a score has been made.

If, in play the ball stroke misses the buttons 2 completely at anyrandom stroke, no score is indicated, and no alarm is given.

Either one or a plurality of bats may be used by plural players in agame scoring competition.

Having thus described our invention what we claim is:

1. A toy comprising a bat and a ball tethered thereto, a plurality ofplungers movably mounted in said bat to be struck by said ball, and aplurality of score indicators, one for each plunger and operated therebywhen the plungers are struck by the ball.

2. A toy comprising a bat and a ball resiliently tethered thereto, aplurality of spaced plungers movably mounted in said bat, a plurality ofscore indicators one for each plunger and operated thereby and anaudible alarm means operated by said plungers when the plungers arestruck by the ball.

3. A toy comprising a bat and a ball resiliently tethered thereto, aplurality of spaced plungers reciprocably mounted in said bat, aplurality of score indicators one for each plunger and operated therebyand a common audible alarm means operated by said plungers when theplungers are struck by the ball.

4. The combination with a bat and a ball resiliently tethered thereto ofa plurality of spaced plungers movably mounted on the front face of saidbat, means for normally holding the plungers away from said front face,score indicating means mounted on the rear face of the bat in operativeconnection with said plungers and means operated by said plungers tocause said score means to indicate a stroke when the plungers are struckby the ball.

5. The combination with a bat and a ball resiliently tethered thereto ofa plurality of spaced plungers reciprocably mounted on the'front face ofsaid bat, resilient means for normally holding the plungers away fromsaid front face, score indicating means mounted on the rear face of thebat in operative connection with said'plungers, an audible alarm meansmounted on the rear face of said bat and means operated by said plungersto cause said score means to indicate a stroke and to sound said alarmwhen the plungers are struck by the ball.

6. In combination, a bat having a striking portion; a bell on the bat; ashank slidably passing through the striking portion and having a buttonmember on its front end; a pair of spring clips and score indicia on theback face of the bat'near said shank; a cover plate hinged to the backplate and disposable over the indicia and yieldably held between saidclips, and positioned and adapted to be pushed therefrom by said shank;and means operated by said shank to strike the bell.

7. In combination, a bat having a wide flat striking portion having afront face; a bell on the back of the bat; a shank slidably passingthrough the striking portion and having a button on its front end; meansyieldably pushing the shank frontwardly; a back plate mounted on theback face of the bat near said shank having score indices thereon andspring clips at opposite edges; a cover plate hinged to the back plateand disposable over the back plate and yieldably held between saidclips, and positioned and adapted to be pushed therefrom by said shankwhen said button is struck by a ball; and means operated by said shankto strike the bell.

8. In combination, a bat having a front striking face; a bell on theback of the bat; a shank slidably passing through the striking portionof the bat and having a button on its front end; a spring means foryieldably pushing the shank frontwardly; and means operated by saidshank to strike the bell; said spring being weak enough to allowoperation of the shank by the ball, and strong enough to retract theshank and prevent operation by momentum of the shank and bell in anyposition of the bat.

9. In combination, a bat having a wide front striking face; a ball; anelastic member tethering the ball to the front of the bat; a bell on theback of the bat; a shank slidably passing through the striking portionof the bat and having a thin button on its front end; a springsurrounding said shank and compressed between the button and the bat andforming means for yieldably pushingthe shank frontwardly; and meansoperated by said shank to strike the bell; said spring being weak enoughto allow operation of the shank by the ball, and strong enough toretract the shank and prevent rattling of the bell and operation bymomentum of the shank and bell in any position of the bat, and toprevent operation of the bell by the jar of the blow of the ball whenthe bat only and not the button is struck; said spring serving thedouble function of retracting the shank after impact thereon, andpreventing shank operation from momentum thereof.

10. In combination, a bat having a front striking face; a ball; anelastic member tethering the ball to the front of the bat; a bell on theback of the bat; a shank slidably passing through the striking portionof the bat and having a button on its front end; a spring means foryieldably pushing the shank frontwardly; and means operated by saidshank to strike the bell; said spring being weak enough to allowoperation of the shank by the ball, and strong enough to retract theshank and prevent operation by momentum of the shank and bell in anyposition of the bat; said button being thin and disposable closelyagainst the bat, thereby to avoid erratic rebound and interruption ofthe play.

11. In combination, a bat having a front striking face; a bell on theback of the bat; a shank slidably passing through the striking portionof the bat and having a thin concavo-convex button on its front end; aspring surrounding said shank frontward of the striking face of the batand compressed between the button and the bat and forming means foryieldably pushing the shank frontwardly; and means operated by saidshank to strike the bell; said spring being weak enough to allowoperation of the shank by the ball, and strong enough to retract theshank and prevent operation of the shank and bell by momentum in anyposition of the bat; the inner face of the button being concaved, andsaid spring allowing the edge of the button to engage flat against saidbat, so that the front face of the button approximately merges with thefront face of the bat, whereby the rebound from the edge of the buttonis not erratic and does not interrupt the playing.

12. In combination, a thin bat having a wide front striking face; a bellon the back of the bat; a shank slidably passing through the strikingportion of the bat and having a thin button on its front end; a springdisposed frontwardly of said striking face and surrounding said shankand compressed between the button and the bat and forming means foryieldably pushing the shank frontwardly; and means operated by saidshank to strike the bell; said spring being weak enough to allowoperation of the shank by the ball to strike the bell, and strong enoughto retract the shank and prevent operation of the shank and bell bymomentum in any position of the bat; said spring being weakenough toallow said button to be easily driven by the ball flat against saidstriking face without appreciably affecting the rebound, so that thefront face of the button approximately merges with the striking face ofthe bat and allows the rebound from the button or the edge thereof to besubstantially the same as rebound from said face remote from the button.

13. In combination, a thin bat having a wide front striking face; aball; an elastic member tethering the ball to the front of the bat; abell on the back of the bat; a shank slidably passing through thestriking portion of the bat and having a thin button on its front end; aspring surrounding said shank and compressed between the button and thebat and forming means for yieldably pushing the shank frontwardly; andmeans operated by said shank to strike the bell; said spring being weakenough to allow operation of the shank by the ball, and strong enough toretract the shank and prevent operation by momentum of the shank andbell in any position of the bat; said spring being substantiallyentirely frontward of the bat thereby allowing the bat to be thin. V

LEON R. PAUL. SAMUEL E. WITT.

